Summer reading quiz: A Little History of the World

• According to the book, what is the most important invention in human history? 

• 1. Electricity 

• Fire

• The Wheel

• Communication

• In 3100 BCE King Menes ruled by the Nile river in this modern day country 

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• United States

• Turkey

What ancient city, once thought of as a myth, was discovered by Heinrich Schliemann?

• Atlantis

• Boston

• Troy

• Athens

The Battle of ________, between the Greeks and the Persians, was fought in 490 BC.

• Marathon
• Troy
• Sparta
• Athens

Indo-European family of languages denotes the languages spoken by both______ and ______

• Africans, Asians
• Americans, Africans
• Europeans, Asians
• Europeans, Indians

In traditional Indian society, an unchangeable social group into which a person is born

• Caste
• Tribe
• Family
• Clan

What is cuneiform?

• A type of ancient writing system
• A type of ancient currency
• A type of ancient weapon
• A type of ancient musical instrument

The burials of Pharaohs in Egypt were typically this shape

• Square
• Circle
• Triangle
• Pyramid

This civilization laid between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

• Roman Civilization
• Egyptian Civilization
• Mesopotamian Civilization
• Indus Valley Civilization

King David and King Solomon were part of this faith

• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Christianity
• Judaism